Improvement in bed-bottoms



S. HAWKER. Bed-Bottom.

No. 212,930. Ptented Mar. 4, 1879.`

/dpM-Mm UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SIMON HAWKER, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN BED-BOTTOMS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 212,930, dated March 4,1879 application filed February 23, 1878.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, SIMON HAWKER, of Cincinnati, in the county ofHamilton and State of Ohio. have invented a new and useful Improvementin Reversible Bed-Bottoms, which improvement is fully set forth in thefollowing specification and accompanying dra-win gs, in which- Figure lis a perspective view of a bed supplied with my slats. Fig. 2 is anenlarged perspective view, showing the attachment of the slat. Fig. "3is a detail drawing of the hanger for slat. Fig. 4 is a view of thelower side ofthe slat, and Fig. 5 is an end sectional view of Fig. 4through the line m.

My invention relates to an improvement in reversible bed-bottoms, bymeans of which the slats can be easily taken out and replaced orreversed; and it consists of end pieces provided with notches, in whichwire hangers are hung, upon which are adjusted the slats, as willhereinafter be more fully described.

In manufacturing my bed-bottom, I prepare pieces A, the edges of whichare firmly screwed or otherwise fastened to the at side of a similarpiece, B, near one of its edges. In the vertical piece A, I cut notches,which are somewhat larger than the width of the slat. On the upper edgeof the piece A, I run a three-sixteenth groove, or larger, and aboutone-fourth of an inch deep.

Fig. 3 represents a hanger made preferably of wire, three-sixteenths ofan inch in thickness, having journals. This hanger is placed in thenotches, the journals falling into the groove C. A cap, E, is thenplaced upon the piece A, to prevent the hangers from coming out.

The slat at each end is provided with a wire staple, G, the legs ofwhich are of suiicient length to project a little beyond the undersurface of the slat when driven through the same, the protruding legs ofthe wire formin g the projections on the other side.

The slat, on being placed in the notch on the hanger D, engages with thestaple Gr, preventing` the slat from being withdrawn.

The piece A is fastened at the ends to the posts directly, therebyrelieving the headpiece fromreceiving the strain.

The slats can also be applied crosswise by putting the pieces A B alongthe side of the bed instead of the end, as shown in the drawings.

In all bed-bottoms where spring-slats are used no provision is made forthelongitudinal contraction and expansion of the sla-ts, andiu manycases the movement laterally is too free, causing displacement of themattress or bed.

I obviate this by my improvement, since the hangers prevent a lateralmotion, while they allow of longitudinal contraction and expansion bypressure on the slats. and this also gives greater freedom to the springin the slat.

I am aware that the slats of a bed-bottom have heretofore been swung bymeans of staples attached to the slats, and provided with hooked endspivoted on end rods attached to the Slat-supports, as shown in LettersPatent granted to B. Griffin, No. 67,647,l dated August 13, 1867 and Iani also aware that slats have heretofore been permanently secured tohangers playing in grooves,as shown in Letters Patent granted to Holdenand Brochet, No. 90,171, dated May 18, 1869, and I therefore lay noclaim to such inventions.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

In a bed-bottom, the reversiblelongitudinal slats provided with thestaples G, having' their ends or legs projecting below the under face ofthe slats, in combination with the notched and grooved endSlat-supports, having caps E and the hangers D, the whole constructedand arranged to operate iu the manner and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this16th day of February, A. I). 1878, in the presence of witncsses.

SIMON HAWKER. Witnesses:

J. S. ZERBE, O. J. BAILEY.

